Of course, this was a distress signal from the Sleen royal family.
When the signal connected, a woman in her forties appeared before them. She had an elegant bearing and regular features. Even though she was getting on in years, she was indeed a beauty with a face that made the nation feel prosperous and at peace.
No—or rather, a proper beauty with the air of a nation at peace really was most alluring at her age.
Weariness and fear were difficult to conceal in her eyes, but she still managed to maintain the dignity of a noblewoman. She cried out, "The ghost has reached the skies above Slenburg! We need reinforcements! The Sleen royal family needs reinforcements!"
Miss Selu, of course, recognized the elegant lady. She immediately introduced her to Sobek as Countess Balefin Daixia, the Sleen royal family's palace chancellor, a veteran minister who had served two generations of feudal kings.
"Also, she served as an Inquisitorial Judge for a time," Miss Selu added.
In other words, she was a psychic—and one with real combat experience, too. You could call that both civil and martial excellence. A hint of respect appeared on Sobek's face. He had great respect for people like her.
"She met His Highness Belial, the previous King of Sleen, while serving as an Inquisitorial Judge and investigating the garrison accounts at Glory's Gate on Green Ocean," Starseer Hemimisha said impassively.
Her voice was, as ever, perfectly calm, yet for some reason it easily drew everyone's attention.
So the Starseer continued in a flat, unchanging tone. "They clashed, opposed one another, reconciled, came to understand each other, and then—well, everyone, would it be impolite if I said they became two peas in a pod, partners in crime?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Miss Selu put on a